Where does “valitus” come from?
valitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish välittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
valitus (Finnish): moan, groan, wailing, lament; complaint, whining;...
Definitions
- moan, groan, wailing, lament; complaint, whining;...
Ancestry of “valitus”, step by step
valitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish välittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | välittää | to transmit, convey, forward, pass on; to supply,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |